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. overnight a deputy shoots and injuries a woman in solano. what police say she did that led them to fire. a rock. . >> and a close call on the san francisco bay. >> it's the largest discipline are you action ever for the oakland police department. the punishment dozens of
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officers could face. >> and the early morning welcoming party that happened here at at&t park as the giants returned home for the national league series. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning. welcome to morning on 2. it's saturday october 13th. >> want to check in for a peek at the weather the and the cool temperatures okay during the week but i want warmer for the weekend. >> you are in luck. we have seasonal temperatures returning. mostly clear skies in some parts, partly cloudy others, patchy fog, 40s and 50s outside the door. cooler than 24 hours ago. a warming trend will start today. >> and new, just with in the past hour the san francisco giants arrived back home. after a unbelievable win by the cardinals over the nationals
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they will host game one of the championship series here. we were there when they arrived with what fans are saying. >> reporter: hey. just before six when the giants pulled up to at&t park in three big charter buses. there was a crowd of 50 fans lined up behind metal barricades waiting to greet them. >> rally towel. >> reporter: they had their giants, even a hand carved pumpkin. the team and coaches did stop to thank them. some fans arrived at 1:30 to be part of the welcoming committee. >> we got here a bit early. was in a car a few hours. >> reporter: was it worth it? >> yes. >> reporter: why? >> it's huge. we wanted to be here.
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we are fans. really excited about it. >> we just got off work and said we would pop down and see what's going on. stuck around for two and a half, three hours, why not? >> reporter: and this is what it looked like in the locker room on thursday when the giants celebrated their win against its reds to be the first team in national history to go onto win the national league division series. now they will have home field advantage and we asked the team manager what that means for the team. >> hopefully we turn it around and play bitter -- better here because it didn't help the last series. like -- play a little better here and that's our goal. >> reporter: the giants face off against the cardinals at at&t park tomorrow at five and you can be sure to see it here.
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live in san francisco. >> and just like 2010 giant playoff fever is sweeping through the bay area. at the team's dug out stores fans are snapping up anything orange and black. hot sellers include playoff caps and t-shirts that say buster posey for president. >> giant pants, maybe a cap. >> fans have been loyal all season long. this store has been as crowded from the first to the last. >> restaurants and bar around the park are also cashing in. some say they are experiencing a 50% jump in business on game days. >> the american league championship series is also set. the tigers got in on thursday after beating the a's. the tigers will play the yankees who beat the orioles 3- 1 yesterday. is starts ata five.
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>> it was a bachelor party one man won't forget. the wine tasting boat he and his friends were on nearly sank in the bay last night. 22 people were on board the neptune when it hit a rock and started taking on water around 9:00. it surprised the groom who was getting married this weekend. >> 20 minutes until we hit a rock and a big jolt. everybody thought it was cool and then suddenly it wasn't that cool. coast guard was like -- i give it a 70% chance of sinking. >> reporter: the coast guard picked them up and took them to pier39 and then towed in the boat. they are investigating why it hit the rocks. >> overnight news police are investigating a police pursuit that ended in a shooting. it started around 1:30. after a brief chase the woman rammed her truck into police cars. that's when police fired at her
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vehicle. she was airlifted to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. police haven't said how that chase started. >> it's the largest discipline action ever taken by the oakland police department. an investigation concluded that 44 officers acted inproperly during occupy protests. the department received more than 1100 complaints of misconduct and they admit it was one of its own officers who fired a bean bag last october critically injuring scott olson. >> police have proven time and time again that they are -- you know they are willing to commit violent acts when it's not needed and that doesn't make me feel safe in my community. >> when the officers are found to have done something wrong we will hold them responsible. >> oakland police chief howard jordon said he wants to fire two officers, demote one, send three to counseling and
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training, suspend 15 and reprimand21 others. the police officer's association accuses the department of scapegoating officers. oakland mayor said the majority of officers obey the law and protect the city but called the chief's recommendations fair and balanced. >> because the complaints are wide ranging from covering up your badge, not having your camera on, actually hurting somebody. it's a wide range. >> she said the city plans to have a ruling on all complaints by october 25th which is the deadline required by state law. >> we have new information about a police standoff in holster. around 3:40 the stand off outside the home ended peacefully. it started yesterday afternoon when a man barricaded himself inside a house.
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just before midnight the swat team moved in to the area, active negotiations started about an hour later. police say no shots were fired and the suspect is a person of interest in the case of a missing mother. 25-year-old heather carroll was last seen wednesday morning after dropping her child off at school. early thursday her car was found on fire. her parents say the man involved was a friend of their daughter and was in her wedding. police say she wasn't inside the house and is still considered a missing person. >> the president's campaign office in denver was hit by gun fire. an investigation is now underway in the mile high city and in just eight minutes the damage caused to the office and what police know and don't know so far about that shooting. a san francisco judge made a ruling on how much pg&e customers have to pay for gas pipeline repairs. the judge said rate payers should pick up about half of the $2.2 billion cost to
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improve the gas lines. pg&e wants customers to pay 84%. the pipeline repairs were ordered after the deadly san bruno explosion. >> feels like fall outside, little to chilly for me so i put in the order for the warm up and -- i know, i'm a wimp. rosemary is delivering. >> i think it's great. >> how about five to ten degrees warmer. it's already a sunnier start. we are looking at just a little bit of patchy fog. we have mostly sunny skies for the afternoon and temperatures will again be a lot warmerthan what we have felt recently. a look there at the richmond, san rafael bridge. little bit of patchy fog near nevado. we have pretty good clearing that let the temperatures cool off. take a look at those in just a moment. calm condition was a light breeze at sfo.
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just a light breeze in fairfield. 46 degrees, 46 concord. 46 at the oakland airport. warmer than that in downtown oakland if you are headed in that direction. 46 san jose. these numbers from four to eight degrees cooler than where we were 24 hours ago. the overnight hours we get the clearing and that cool air actually starts to really settle in. the coldest air settling into the valleys, the satellite radar, the system that brought us unsettled weather now off to the east. you see the clouds, here they come, right about there. that's a weak front that's disrupted the marine layer so many of us waking up mostly sunny and if you have partly cloudy skies you will be mostly sunny by midmorning. a ridge of high pressure building in. we have a little bit of patchy fog. you may find that, partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. we are looking at temperatures near normal. we are talking 60's at the coast. mid to upper 70's inland.
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74 for santa rosa, 72nevado, 67 in solosito. 71 oakland, 72 haywood, 76 danville, 77 in antioch, south buy looking good. san jose 72, 74 sarahing toa -- saratoga. a cool start for the run this morning. 73 redwood, 66 san francisco, of course 63 for half man bay. extended forecast showing you temperatures warmer today than yesterday. even warmer for the second half of the weekend and then as you stretch into the early part of next week notice the inland area. going to feel like summer again. upper 80's low 90's tuesday into wednesday and it could actually be a beach day on wednesday. 73 degrees with mostly clear skies expected in to the afternoon. i will line up the lunchtime
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numbers for you coming up. >> taking aim at google. the reason the government could file a lawsuit against the bay area internet giant. >> and changes come together south bay. what residents fled to know if they want to make a simple phone call, even if their phone number isn't changing. >> and a live look out received that's 280 in san jose. highway patrol investigating a hit and run case on the southbound 11 street on-ramp.
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. good morning, live look from oakland this morning toward san francisco. we have partly cloudy skies, a cool start to the morning but dryer, sunnier, warmer weather for the weekend. >> police in kansas say a thief used a stolen car to smash into an apple store.
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he backed through the front windows. the car acted like a battering ram. officers got there two minutes after but the car is gone. it's not clear what they took. uncle sam is taking aim at google. they are recommending an anti trust lawsuit against them. the company is a accused of driving up prices and hurting competition among search inge ins. investigators have been looking in to if they rigged search results to prod websites to pay higher fees. google said we are happy to answer any questions that regulators have about our business. >> election 2012, the president may have offered up a look into next week's debate. >> just this week gm said they would hire 1500 workers for a new research center in michigan to help make sure the cars of
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tomorrow are designed and built here in america. >> reporter: in this morning's address he hailed what he called the rebound of the american auto industry as a sign of the improving economy. he said that bailing bailing out the automakers created a quarter million new jobs. he is prepping for the debate in new york. romney also gearing up for that. he is meeting top advisers in ohio. later today he has two campaign stops there. >> a shooting outside the obama campaign office in denver. own bullet shattered an office window. nobody was hit. the broken window was boarded up. police say they have a description of a vehicle of interest and they are trying to find if the office was targeted or hit by a stray bullet. we know how much money victims of the aurora colorado shooting will get from
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donations. families plus victims who had permanent damage will get 1 75,000 dollars each. others will get an amount based on how long they were in the hospital. the sheriff of san joaquin county count county said he was takenna back by a report that mixed remains were given to a victim's mother. a box of bones was given to joan shelley, she was told they were her daughter but a lab later said only some of the bones belonged to her daughter. one of the bones is being tested to see if it belongs to another girl, missing since 1988. the sheriff said he stands by how this office handled things. police named a husband and wife arrested in washington state as suspects in the
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killing of susie coe. a judge ordered darnell washington to be held and tonya washington's bail was set at $1.7 million. they are suspected in a string of carjackings from southern california to washington. police say they plan to bring their case to the da late next week. >> two berkeley law students facing charges for allegedly be heading an exotic bird. the two were arrested in las vegas. police say they were caught on surveillance camera chasing a bird in to the trees. witnesses say they then saw the men walk out carrying the body and cut off head of the bird. the bird is exotic and part of an exhibit. they are faces charges of
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conspiracy and torturing wildlife. >> we have new information about what may have caused a deadly plane crash in lake tahoe. a bad fuel mixture is being blamed. the findings are pleiomery. the pilot reported concerns right before leaving the airport in late august. moments later the plane crashed killing everybody on board. >> so many people have moved to the south bay that it now needs a new area code. starting next month those phone numbers will get a 669 code. if you have a 408 number it'll stay that way but if you live in that area you are going to have to change the way you dial no matter what. you will need to add 1-408 to the beginning of each south bay phone call. >> it'll be weird. 669. i don't know. feels out of town. >> if you live in the current 408 area you will have to
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reprogram things like speed dial and fax machines and check alarms to make sure the area code is included. >> if you have a ticket on american airlines your flight in the coming weeks could be canceled. the airline said a number of flights through mid-november will be affected and said it'll cut about 31 flights a day out of the airline's 3500 daily flights. they said they will not impact holiday travel plans. they have been dealing canceled flights since declaring bankruptcy last year. >> there are questions about the first person to file a lawsuit in the meningitis outbreak. she was filed a class action lawsuit in minnesota claiming she had headaches and was sick for a week after getting steriod injections. she will have to continue her fight in prison because she is there for mortgage fraud. she made up documents and collected commissions that exceeded industry standards and
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has been sentenced to five- years. >> people will wonder. >> yeah. what's going on there. i wasn't hurt then. i'm hurt now. >> it's not clear if she had meningitis. 14 people across the country have died from the outbreak caused by the contaminated steriods produced by a massachusetts pharmacy. >> e lance armstrong foundation plans to carry on. they will celebrate it's 15th anniversary next week in texas. armstrong is expected to participate in the festival. foundation said its brand is about continuing the mission to help cancer victims. this week the anti doping agency claimed that armstrong cheated his way to seven victories. >> time is 7:21 and a parade, festival and giant pumpkins. >> and it's not just her
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weight or date of birth but all the numbers combine that have some calling a baby very lucky. >> and improving weather is in the forecast for your weekend outside the doors right new partly cloudy. chilly conditions will give way to mild numbers.
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. sea world in san diego is getting ready for big changes. a plan has been approved to make a major upgrade to the entrance. it'll feature a beach themed ticketing area and giant wave sculpture to make it look like guests going under water. they hope it'll be more efficient and construction is scheduled to start in december. it's expected to take about 16 months to complete. a baby in iowa is making a debut. layla was born weighing 8
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pounds 9 ounces on thursday october 11th 20 so 12. that means the numbers are 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. her parents say it was unusual because she wasn't due until next week. >> san francisco has been doing it for years and now sunday streets is expecting to the east bay. berkeley is holding it's first tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 17 blocks of shaddock avenue will be closed to vehicle traffic. organizers say it celebrating local businesses and organizations. it's all about pumpkins on the peninsula this weekend. check out that giant gourd. this is the 42nd festival and it gets underway at nine. you can see the winner of this year's weigh off, a 17, 775- pound gourd. also today is the parade.
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steve young is the grand marshall. >> great selection there. steve young being the grand marshall. >> and a fun weekend. very packed. make sure --. >> he may have a problem because it's bumper to bumper. it should be a good day for people out there on saturday. >> its going to be a beautiful day. already a beautiful start in half moon bay. mostly clear skies over parts of the coast. around the bay we are dealing more sun. a few low clouds as well as high clouds. mostly sunny, a chilly start, low to mid40s in some of the valley locations. by noontime we feel pretty good. widespread low to mid60's in the forecast around the bay and touching 70 around concord, livermore, fairfield and antioch. here is the forecast for the afternoon. 74 in santa rosa with mostly sunny skies, 71 vallejo, 76 livermore, 71 oakland.
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66 san francisco, 73 in redwood city. low 70s palo alto, if you have been looking for the warmer weather it's on the way. we have mostly sunny skies for sunday. sunday even a warmer day. low 80 80s in the forecast. monday and tuesday mid to upper 80s and then by midweek wednesday 90s in the forecast for the inland areas, back into the 70ser to the -- for the coast. >> celebrating her life in the face of tragedy. that's happening in honor of 10- year-old jessica ridgeway a day after a devastating announcement. >> and the trip continues for the space shuttle. the tricky feat it accomplished overnight on its way to the science center and why there were movie cameras there. >> and we are in fire season. what a neighborhood is doing to prepare and what they want residents to practice.
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. go giants, early morning welcome party as the black and orange return home. good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. >> good morning. new this morning the national league champions are back home. they arrived just a couple
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hours ago. several dozen fans were there to greet them. they stayed in cincinnati waiting to see if they would fly back or head to washington and after the cardinals great come back now we know. giants manager said he hopes a little home cooking will help bring them back to the world series. >> it didn't help the last series. hopefully we turn that around but the guys have great all year. had to win three in cincinnati and -- like to play a little better here. that's the goal. >> giants play the cardinals tomorrow night 7:00. you can watch the game right here on ktvu channel 2. >> overnight news several people were hurt in a series of crashes that shut down 880 in oakland. it happened in the northbound direction. there was a chain reaction crash around 5:00 a.m. a man driving a honda said he was rear ended that caused him to hit another car.
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there were only minor injuries but that followed another crash minutes earlier. chp said the man fell asleep at the wheel and hit another car. all lanes are back open. a man is being treated for serious injuries after being shot in san francisco overnight. it happened around 1:15. police arrested three men in the same area after a short car chase. they are still investigating if the two incidents are related. >> today people in colorado are holding an event to celebrate the life of 10-year- old jessica ridgeway. police confirmed a body found yesterday was hers. this one week after the 5th grader vanished after leaving them to walk to school. police say the body was dismembered but aren't releasing anymore details. they say the focus has changed to a mission of justice for jessica. >> i want to stress that we recognize that there is a predator at large in our
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community. i want the community to know that we are doing everything with in our power to catch that individual. >> police say they have put together a team of agencies that include local, state and federal officers to catch the killer. they say jessica was most likely kidnapped by someone in the community and that residents should be on alert. >> students and staff at james logan in union city are mourning the loss of a long time teacher. the 54-year-old christopher ryan was reported missing on tuesday. on wednesday police found his car in a parking. the next day his body was found in that same area. >> he had heart problems. i'm hoping it's that instead of a murder or something. >> we are still trying to find what happened but i have seen a lot of the teachers and everybody is just shocked. >> the corner is working to determine a cause of death. students say there will be a
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tribute for him next week. >> san jose police say they can't find the killer tied to a mysterious homicide. a man was shot early yesterday morning on rogers avenue and police don't have a suspect or motive and don't think it was gang related. they are looking for answer across the street. one business owner said the bar can attract loud crowds. >> music, strippers, violence. broken bottles, smashed windows. just a mess i have to deal with in the morning. >> it was the only business open at the time. police hope to speak with potential witnesses who were at the bar. a woman who said she was the manager declined to comment. police say they did make some progress on two gang related killings. they arrested eight people for the may 16th death of an 18- year-old. then monday they arrested two men in connection with the june
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12th killing of a 17-year-old. >> people living in concord and pittsburgh are complaining about legal medical marijuana groves. some say the groves turn the neighborhood into a magnet for crime. they are considering a ordinance to restrict how and where they can be grown. >> perhaps looking at having the growth inside instead of out. that would take care of some of the major concerns that we have. >> other cities have banned outdoor groves but some promise to fight them in court. authorities say they have busted a large pot growing operation in alameda. they arrested howard wong of oakland and two others. investigators say they took plant was a street value of $2
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million. the suspects are accused of running multiple warehouses. >> authorities planning a fire drill today in a wooded community in marin. it starts at nine. the hoa and the fire safety committee are organize the drill. the idea is to have people practice navigating through the roads in and out of the area which could get clogged if resident has to evacuate. we are headed there and will have the live report on the drill at eight. >> happening now, the shuttle is on the move again. the shuttle is creeping along in -- at a top speed of two miles an hour. plenty of time to take a look. it should arrive at a permanent home at the california space center later today. one of the tricky parts happened overnight when crews took it on an overpass above interstate 405. toyota is even making a commercial out of that part of
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the trip taking footage as a toyota helped pull it across. >> have to transfer from the dollie section to another one and then the toyota tundra will pull it across the 405. >> that route was selected after ruling out other options, using a helicopter wasn't feasible. the cost of the transport at $10 million. >> wow. another fall day underway. you think it's a bit chilly, i think it's nice. i'm hoping for the idea of fall but now summer like temperatures coming back. >> we are looking at a mild afternoon today. off to a cool start this morning. mostly clear skies. some of us going back this to the 40s so a chill in the area. you may have the heater on this morning giving you a live look at beautiful blue scheme bow its been a few days. in oakland upper 40s to low 50s reported around the area and
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that live shot you can see the sun bouncing off the building. 46 right now in santa rosa. 44napa. 44 antioch. 44 livermore. a chilly one. 46 san jose. low 50s around the bay. 54 san francisco with calm conditions out there. we have a mix of clouds, a few low clouds this morning. we have high clouds and there is the reason this system here actually helping to mix out the marine layer, bring us sun. it's passing through. it's not going to be a big deal. the only area seeing rain, crescent city. the system that brought us rain during the week now off to the east. you remember that system? it was here last weekend. as it edged closer finally going across california, cloudy conditions and the first rainfall for the season. today nice weather in store for the afternoon on friday mid to upper 60's about where we saw the temperatures, even the warmest today, mid to upper 70's for the hotter spots and
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by sunday low 80s in the forecast for some of the warmer areas, for the afternoon, mostly sunny skies, 73 expected in kent field. 74 san rafael. 71 oakland. 68 alameda for the car -- the car show going on there. 76 pleasanton. 76 danville. 73 san jose, 74saratoga, for the afternoon today 74 wood side, 70 san mateo. half moon bay, if you are headed that direction for the big festival going to be a nice day. low 70s santa cruz for the afternoon. second half of the weekend the warmer one, still looking good. are you looking toward tuesday and wednesday? upper 80's, low 90s. >> after a dream season the a's are not planning to many changes. the a's big run created big
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time interest, sold out the playoff games. the gm said he hopes to keep the team intact. potential free agency wants to keep including the relief pitcher and johnny gomes. the san francisco volv es played last night. they faced off against the condors. saw a lot of shark fans in the stands. you could tell they were hungy for hockey. 8200 people bought tickets for the game. it was a close one but the bulls lost it 4-3. >> warning for oakland residents about a scam involving home burglary systems. >> and the arrest made in the shooting of a 14-year-old in pakistan shot by the taliban for western thinking. what doctors are saying about
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her. >> there is a live look at interstate 880. this is right near the bay bridge. from there is road work on the harrison street off ramp. that may slow you down. watch out for that. we will watch the roads for you. it's 7:40 and this is mornings on 2. "misleading." out here. it. but there's hope. straight to our schools... keeps it there. politicians.
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to really help our schools, vote yes on thirty-eight. . good morning. what a beautiful sight for sore eyes waking up with mostly sunny skies as we look toward the golden gate. a not able warm up in store for the weekend. >> new this morning the leader of al-qaeda is calling for a holy war against the united states and israel.
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he praised the muslim who stormed the embassy last month and killed four americans. he is urging muslims to strike back because of the anti islamic film innocence of muslims. he blasted the united states for excusing the film to be made. >> police say several have been arrested in connection with the shooting of a 14-year- old girl. on tuesday she was shot in the head on her way home from school. the taliban have claimed responsibility for the shooting saying that the girl promoted western thinking. she is an out spoken critic of the taliban and works for schooling for girls she first made headlines when at just 11 she wrote about life under the taliban for the bbc. doctors say the bullet has been
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removed and she is on a ventilator. they say her blood pressure and heartbeat are normal and they are satisfied with her progress. >> at least 15 are dead after a car bomb in pakistan. police say about 30 people were injured in the attack outside the offices of progovernment elders. so far no group has claimed responsibility but taliban militants have staged similar attacks in the area. they want to punish the elders for backing security forces against them. >> a member of the secret service was arrested for what appears to be a night out on the town gone wrong. police in miami say they found the man lying on a street drunk early yesterday morning. he reportedly hit a police officer during his arrest. that arrest came after the president wrapped up a campaign appearance in miami. a teacher arrested at lax for checking bags loaded with weapons will remain in jail. yonda harris was stopped in los
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angeles last week. it was ruled he was a flight risk. he had checked in bags containing body bags, a smoke grenade and a biohazard suit. >> a judge will decide if a north bay teen will stand trial for attempted murder and car theft. he is now 18 but he was 17 when he was charged with the felonies. he is a accused of attempted murder in a drive by shooting. >> there is a new memorial in concord to honor a father and daughter struck and killed by an suv in april. a tree was planted near a memorial bench honoring the 41 -year-old and his 9-year-old daughter. a 17-year-old driver of the suv pleaded guilty to manslaughter with gross negligence and
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reckless driving. his sentencing is in ten days. the bay area woman injured when a pickup truck drove up onto a sidewalk is making progress in her recovery. she was injured on september 8th. her mother-in-law sherri hicks died in the accident. she had serious injuries but is reportedly making significant strides in her recovery. her husband is documenting her trip back to health on the website caring bridge.org. >> natural gas explosion plow a colorado home to pieces and sent five people including four children to the hospital. want to show you what's left of that house. a woman and four children were inside it when it blew up. neighbors reported smelling gas shortly before the explosion. one neighbor explained how it hit in her backyard. she woke up to what felt like a quake. >> it was a big boom and everything started falling. it was all pink inside the
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house. >> that pink was actually insulation from the house that exploded. the children who were in the home were four, six, seven and 11. they and their mother are said to be in good condition. >> getting ready to make a big investment to go green. county has just learned it qualifies to borrow nearly $3.9 million to install solar panels at seven facilities. it'll be issued in bonds to a federal program tied to the 2009 stimulus plan. they will pay off the bond in the next 15 years by selling power to pg&e. oakland police warning residents about a man going door to door it asking about alarm systems. they say the man wears an orange safety vest and a tag reading oakland public safety. he is asking about alarm systems including how up to date they are and what it's monday interested. police aren't aware of any
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program offering this service. they say it's probably thieves casing homes for burglaries. >> we are less than a month from the november 6th election and one of the most debated state measures is proposition 32. it aims to bar unions and corporations using payroll deductions for political contributions. >> this is about the legislators not listening to donors but being forced to listen to voters. >> it may give the appearance of even handedness but it's actually anything but. > in the last ten years business interests have spent $700 million on political issues while unions spent $284 million. the. it's estimated if the measure costs it could cost a million dollars a year to investigate and enforce. >> new york city trying to restrict the sale of super sized sugar are you drinks and
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several businesses are fighting back. the ban would be a first of it's kind in the united states. it would outlaw the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces everywhere but in grocery and convenience stores. yesterday the american bev era ge associate and others filed a lawsuit saying it's infringing of personal freedom. in richmond a group backed by the industry is working to defeat a soda tax on the november 6th ballot. it would put a one cent per ounce tax on sugary drinks. it would pay for obesity education. >> there is a new opportunity this morning for the young and unemployed. the vice mayor of san jose hosting a job fair at the westfield oakridge mall. if you are between 16 and 21 you can interview for a position and get information about jobs at local businesses. san jose city council does it every year. >> pay pal has announced its planning to cut jobs for the first time since 2008.
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the layoffs are expected to impact about 3% of its work force. it's about 400 jobs. according to reports most of the cuts expected in the product development, technology and marketing departments. >> the nba is headed to china. they said they will open a basketball center near bejing. that as the heat and clippers played in that country. the facility would include nba style courts, a fitness center and restaurants. they say basketball is very popular in china and they have made faster progress in developing a fan base there than any other american sport. >> the warriors are holding a public practice from 11 to 12:30. the coach will put the team through drills and then a enter squad game. they are 3-0 in pre-season play. their season start october
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31st. >> there are going to be delays on bart. we will tell you where, why and how long. >> three officers hurt after their car goes airborne. what they were responding to and how the accident happened. . >> a dryer pattern, a live look outside and into san jose where you are looking at mostly clear skies and a cool start to the day. mild numbers on the day.
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. three officers ininjured when a car went airborne and landed on a car. police were responding to a call for back up when cars didn't yield to the sirens. a driver of the police car tried to avoid crashing in to the cars and lost control. the three officers had minor injuries, the doors were cut off in order to get them out.
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new information this morning around the case of a kern county sheriff deputy accused of hitting killing two pedestrians last year. nearly ten months after the crash prosecutors have filed two charges against the deputy he was going more than 80 with no lights or see you len -- sirens through the streets of bakersfield. some have questioned why it took to song to file. >> the final part of a project to replace doyle drive is underway. the $1.4 billion project is meant to make the stretch of road seismically sound. . it's expected to take three to four months for the first part. >> this location for a short time longer is one of the only locations where you can seat past, and the future doyle
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drive side by side. >> project officials say when the new parkway is done in 2015 there will be more lanes for the 100,000 daily drivers. they promise construction will not slow the current drive. >> bart riders on the pittsburgh bay point line could experience delays. they are doing train control testing. the trains are running in good manual and there is single track service between lafayette and pleasant hill. the testing is expected to end tonight. >> the treasure island music festival starts today at noon. tickets still available. the shuttle bus pick up and drop off location has been changed. it was supposed to be at at&t park but now it's at the bell graham civic. >> good morning.
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partly cloudy and a cool start. the clearing, when yous for good overnight cooling the colder air in to the valleys and bringing us 40s. we are holding on in the low to mid40s. calm conditions, again we are dealing with a mix of low and high level clouds, high level will exit, the low level will mix out and we will mostly sunny skies by mid to late morning. 44napa, 46 concord. 46 reported at the oakland airport. a chilly start there. 47 in livermore. we have a pattern change underway. we have temperatures five to ten degrees warmer than yesterday for the afternoon under clear skies, 74napa71 oakland. 72 in freemont. 70 san mateo. the art and pumpkin festival going on. if you are going to alameda a
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nice day for you. the extended forecast there. if you get out early, maybe head to the soccer game for the kids bring a jacket. it's a chilly start but a nice warm up and the heat up will continue by tuesday into wednesday. upper 80's low 90's for the valley locations, upper 60's, low 70's along the coast. what's behind it coming up. >> man is in custody after a standoff in holister. how he is connected to a missing mother. >> and the largest discipline action by the oakland police department. the punishment dozens of officers could face over the handling of an occupy protest earlier this year. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits.
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>> good morning. welcome to mornings on two. it's saturday october 13th. >> good morning. let's get over to rosemary for a look at that weekend forecast. >> good morning. a pleasant day expected for saturday. it's a cool start, low 40s to low 50s around the bay area. a bit of patchy fog, partly cloudy skies will give way to mostly suns skies, afternoon highs about normal and we will start a warming trend that will last for the next several days. i will take a look coming up. >> overnight news a woman recovering after a police chase ended in a shooting. the pursuit started along 1:30. police say after a brief chase the woman rammed police cars with her pickup truck and that's when police say they opened fire and shot at her truck. she was taken to the hospital in walnut creek with nonlife threatening injuries. police haven't said how the
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chase started. all lanes back open on northbound 880 after a series of crash that put several in the hospital. there was a chain reaction crash around 5 this morning. a man driving a honda said he was rear-ended and that caused him to hit another car. there were fortunately only minor injuries but all of that followed another crash earlier when the chp said a man fell asleep at the wheel and hit a car. >> a bachelor party one man won't forget. the wine tasting boat and he his friends on nearly sank in the bay last night. 22 were on the board when it hit a rock and started taking on water. it surprised the groom. >> 20 minutes, hit a rock and it was like a big jolt. everybody thought it was cool and then it wasn't that cool. coast guard was like yeah it's a 70% chance it'll sink. >> the coast guard picked them up and took them over to pier39
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and then towed the boat. they are investigating why it hit the rocks. >> after more than 12 hours a police standoff has ended peacefully. around 3:40 police were able to convince the suspect to come out of his home. he had been barricaded inside since yesterday afternoon. just before midnight the swat team surrounded the house. an hour later negotiations started. the police say that the suspect is a person of interest in the case of a missing mother. they say a tip about his connection led to that house and that is when that standoff started. the woman, 25-year-old heather carroll was last seen wednesday morning. early thursday morning police found her car on fire. her parents say the suspect in the standoff was a friend and was in her wedding. police say she was not inside the house and is still missing. >> 44 oakland police officers
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are facing discipline this morning in the fall out from occupy protests last year. an investigation said that the officers acted inproperly. the department got more than 1100 complaints of misconduct . >> oakland police have proven time and time again that they are -- they are willing to commit violent acts when it's not needed and that doesn't make me feel safe in my communicate. >> community. >> oakland police chief said he wants to fire two officers, demote one, send three to counseling, suspend 15 and reprimand23. the police officer's association said it's furious and accuses the department of
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scapegoating and blames lack of leadership and poor planning for putting officers in difficult situations. the oakland mayor said most of the officers obey the law but called the recommendations fair and balanced. >> because the complaints are wide ranging from covering up your badge to not having your camera onto actually hurting someone. >> the mayor said the city plans to have a ruling on all complaints by october 25th which is the one year deadline. >> new this morning the san francisco giants are back in the bay area getting ready for the national league championship series. a nice welcome from them. they arrived at at&t park just a couple hours ago after flying in from cincinnati. some die hard fans stayed out all night. others just got up really early to be there to greet them. >> i think they feel good
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knowing we are out here. you know -- i know they are a little tired right now but, we will do our part. >> playing very good but we are all pumped up. >> they open against the nl -- open against the cardinals tomorrow. the giants didn't find out they would play the cardinals until last night. pablo sandoval posted this picture to his twitter of them watching the game while waiting on the plane. if washington had won they would have flown there but after the cardinals won they headed back to san francisco. that was only after delay of several hours because of a problem with the plane. >> to get to the nlcs the cardinals stunned the nationals with the largest come back in a winner take all game in postseason history. the nationals led 6-0 but the cardinals chipped away and
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scored four run was two outs in the 9th. game one scheduled for tomorrow night at 5:00. you can watch it here on ktvu channel 2. giants playoff fever is sweeping through the bay area just like two years ago. at the team dug out stores fans are getting anything orange and black, hot sellers caps and t- shirts. >> looking for giants pants, maybe a cap,. >> fans have been loyal all season long. this store has been as crowded from the first -- the second postseason game to the beginning of the season. >> restaurants and bar around the park are also cashing in. some say they are experiencing a 50% jump. in the american league series is alsos. the tigers got in on thursday after beating the a's. they will play the yankees who
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beat the orioles 3-1 yesterday. >> good morning. warmer weather in store for your saturday and it's a brighter start giving you a look from san rafael. few low clouds, patchy fog, high clouds overhead. those will go away and mostly sunny skies for the afternoon. look at the satellite radar here. this is the week front that deflected the marine layer, helping mix it out and bring us a better clearing morning. that last bit of rain from the workweek, you can see now shifting off east. we have a ridge of high pressure, mostly sunny skies, dry, warmer weather on way and that will be just the beginning. temperatures expected to heat up. let's talk about today starting out with just a little bit of
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patchy fog. nevado reported visibility to a mile and a half. partly cloudy, mostly clear outside. it's a crisp start. pretty cool in some cases. temperatures will be rebounding to near normal for the afternoon. that means from five to ten degrees above yesterday's highs. 46 degrees right now in napa . 46 santa rosa. 48 livermore. 47 san jose. a crisp start in some cases, these numbers four to eight degrees below what we felt yesterday with the clear skies, sun has to feel good. 51 degrees in oakland right now and for the afternoon low 70's for oakland. 74 santa rosa. 72nevado67 by the water, the east bay looking good. 73 castro valley. 76 danville. a great day to be outside in livermore. 76 for the afternoon. 73 in san jose, 77 morgan hill. 74 loss gatos. 72 santa cruz. if you are going to see beach
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boardwalk for the afternoon, 73 in redwood city for the afternoon. we have the october run going on there this morning. 70 for san mateo. 66 san francisco, 63 half moon bay if you are headed to the big pumpkin festival. your extended forecast will be warmer tomorrow. even slightly above average for this time of year and we really start to heat up by the workweek. take a look at tuesday into wednesday. upper 80's, low 90's in the forecast for the valley locations, upper 60's, low 70s, the on, off shore flew to develop. it looks light but enough to drive the numbers. >> first of it's kind fire drill is happening this morning in marin and we are live near the kent woodlands area with what homeowners practicing >> reporter: we are in the parking lot of the college of marin and this is the staging area for that wildfire drill that will happen about an hour
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from now. you can seat deputies have arrived and the kent field fire protection district is also going to be here. they are hosting this evacuation. 200 residents in the area are taking part in this drill that neighborhood is in the hills behind us. you can see it has a lot of trees and vegetation which makes the fire risk in this area pretty high. there are also only two main roads to get in and out of the neighborhood. that's why firefighters wanted to have this drill with the residents here. it's the first time they are doing it and the goal is to prepare residents with what to do, how to vacant item -- evacuate if there is a fire. he they will be doing everything as if it's a real fire. the drill starts at nine. they will have a briefing here at 8:30 and then after nine some of the firefighters are supposed to escort us up into
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the neighborhood to see how this drill goes. live in kent field. >> scary moments at one of the president's campaign offices. >> and the first lawsuit filed over the meningitis outbreak. why some are questioning the alleged victim's credibility. >> and a look outside. this is traffic on 880 in oakland. what a rough drive they had yesterday. today though different story. everything is looking great on this saturday morning. time now is 8:11. 0!ockñ?çóxo?ñ=çñññçvxqx?ñññ?óioy
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. good morning to you. a live look there. mostly sunny skies overhead. a cool start. mild weather on the way for the arch. >> police in kansas say a thief used a stolen car to smash into an apple store. he backed through the front windows. the car acted as a battery ram bending the steel security gate. officers got there two minutes after the alarm went off but the car was gone. they don't know how many were involved or what was taken. the government is taking aim at google. the they are expected to recommend that they file an anti trust lawsuit against the giant. they accuse google of driving up prices and hurting competition. investigators have been looking in to if google rigged its
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search results to get websites to pay higher fees. google said that we are happy to answer any questions that regulators have about our business. >> in election 2012, the president may have offered up a look into next week's debate. >> just this week gm announced they plan to hire 1500 workers for a new sin -- center in michigan. >> in this morning's address he hailed what he called the rebound of the auto industry as the sign of the improving economy. he said bailing them out created a quarter million new jobs. he is in virginia prepping for tuesday's debate. romney is also gearing up for the debate. he is meeting advisers in ohio. later today he has two campaign stops in that state. his running mate, paul ryan
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is currently in ohio as well and we want to show you a live picture. that's of the rally going on right now attention town state university. later on he will stop at another ohio college. it's thought whoever wins that state will likely win the office. >> police are investigating a shooting outside the president's campaign office in denver. one bullet shattered an office window yesterday afternoon. there were people inside but nobody was hit. the broken window was boarded up and police say they have a description of a vehicle of interest. they are trying now to figure out if the office was targeted or hit by a stray bullet. >> we know how much money the victims of the colorado theater shooting will get. the families and the victims who had brain damage or were paralyzed will get 1 75,000 dollars each. the other victims will get an amount based on how long they were in the hospital.
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those rules were set based on five million dollars in donations. >> the sheriff of san joaquin was takenna back by a report that mixed remains were given to the mother of a murder victim. they were recovered after a convicted serial killer led police there. the box of bone was given to the mother. she said a lab later said that only some of the bones were her daughter. one of them is being tested to see if it belongs to another girl missing since 1988. the sheriff said he stands by his office. >> two berkeley students facing charges after allegedly attacking an exotic bird. they were arrested at a hotel in las vegas yesterday morning. police say the two were caught chasing a bird into the trees. witnesses say they saw the men
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walk out carrying the body and cut off head of the bird. the bird was part of a exhibit at the hotel. the two are now facing charges of conspiracy and torture or killing of wildlife. >> there are questions about the first person to file a lawsuit in the meningitis outbreak. she has filed a class action lawsuit in minnesota. she claims she had headaches and was sick for a week after getting steriod injections to help back pain but she will have to fight from in jail because she was just convicted of mortgage fraud. prosecutors say she made up documents, inflated prices and collected substantial commissions that exceeded industry standards. >> people are going to wonder. >> yeah. what's going on but one has nothing to do with the other . >> it's unclear if she has
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meningitis. 14 people across the country have died because of the outbreak . >> brand new it continue dollar bills have been stolen and weren't even in circulation yet. the fbi said a large amount of newly designed hundreds were taken from a plane at the philadelphia international airport on thursday. they have new anti counterfeit features including a disdisappearing liberty bill. they are due out next year. police are calling this man the beanie bandit. he was caught on video robbing a bank of america in sunnyvale yesterday afternoon. police say he is white, 25 to 30, 5'5'' to 5'8'', blue eyes and the beanie. they think he has robbed other places. >> if you have a ticket
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purchased through america can could be canceled. a number of flights will be affected. they will cut about 31 a day. though said it'll not impact holiday travel . >> so many move to the south bay that it needs a new area code so starting next month most -- some new areas will get a 669 area code. you will have to change the way you dial even if the number doesn't change. you will need to add 1-408 to the beginning of each south bay phone call. >> it's kind of weird. 669, feels like out of town. >> if you live in the current area there you will have to program things like the speed dial, fax machine and should check your alarm to make sure
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the area code is correct. >> i agree with craig there. just doesn't seem right. >> it's a big weekend on the peninsula. the half moon bay pumpkin festival gets going. >> dry, mild weather return together bay area for saturday. a look at what you can expect coming up. (car horn)
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. san francisco has been doing it for years and now sunday street social security expanding to the east bay. berkeley is holding it's first one tomorrow from 11 to four. 17 blocks of shaddock will be closed to vehicle traffic. organizers say the event is a celebration of local businesses and organizations. it's all about pumpkins on the peninsula. the half moon bay festival gets underway at 9:00 this morning. you can see the winner of the weigh off, a 17, 775-pound pumpkin. also today the parade and hall of fame quarterback, steve young is the grand marshall. >> it's set to get warmer but at some lake tahoe resorts there is already snow. we want to show you video of that snow. this is from heavenly ski
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resort. about an inch reported yesterday. >> wow. snow. all right. >> i know. i'm ready. >> you are. san jose state is playing a day game here so people headed out to the game. what should they expect? >> nice. >> nice in san jose. >> yes. the first snow fall, rainfall of the season. today a different today. if you have a birthday party planned, a wedding, maybe into san jose for the game we have some great weather in store. numbers will be up five to ten degrees over yesterday. outside it's a crisp start. we have 40s and 50s in the valley locations. mid40s in areas like santa rosa, concord, livermore, even san jose, now 47, for the noontime hour we are looking at 60's from the coast and around the bay. wide spread upper 60's and 70's and then for the afternoon a load of these numbers, 76 livermore, 74 you napa, 71
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oakland. head over to the peninsula, 73 today for redwood, 73 in san jose. 77 in morgan hill. for the extended forecast numbers are going to warm and become warmer, upper 80's, low 90's. that will be for the inland areas, it's going to be a nice beach day. upper 60's to low 70's for the forecast. >> golden state warrior fans have a chance to check out the team for free. they are holding a public practice from 11 to 12:30. the coach will put the team through drills and then there will be a game. the warriors are 3-0 and the home opener is friday november 2nd. the bulls thrilled fans by taking to the ice for their first official game. the new team faced off against the bakersfield condoors
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condors . >> concerns and complaints about legal medical marijuana groves. how a city may take action over backyard pot operations. >> and the shuttle continues it's very slow trip toward the california space center. the progress made so far this morning on the estimated ten million dollar trip.
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. people month live in the foothills gets ready to evacuate to prepare for future emergencies. >> that drill is set to start in just about 30 minutes. we are live with the briefing
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getting started now. >> reporter: we are in the parking lot and this is the staging area for this emergency drill and evacuation that will happen. you can see firefighters with ross valley, the kent field fire protection district and over to the -- on the other side volunteers along with marin sheriff's deputies who have arrived. there will be 200 residents in the area taking part in the emergency drill. that neighborhood is in the hills behind us. what makes it more complicate is the the fact there are just two main roads to get in and out of the neighborhood with 900 homes. >> the streets are narrow. everybody uses the hills as the example but if you have been in the oakland hills it's similar.
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very expensive homes, access is a problem. fire department people going in and asking the residents to come out at the same time. >> reporter: that's why they want to have this drill. it's the first time they are having a drill with the residents though they are done evacuation drill was law enforcement and firefighters. the goal is to prepare resident its about -- about what to do, how to evacuate if there is a real fire or even a landslide, any emergency where they would need to get out. you are looking at the staging area that the briefing -- that will take place shortly. at nine some of the firefighters will escort us up to the kent woodlands area, neighborhood where the residents will be evacuating and we will rid along with them to see how the drill goes. >> 45-year-old man is being treated for serious injuries after being shot in san francisco overnight. it happened at about 1:15 a.m.
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just a short time later police arrested three men in the same after after a short car chase. they are investigate figure the incidents related. >> people in concord and pittsburgh complaining about legal marijuana groves. some folks say the groves turn the neighborhoods into a magnet for crime. city leaders considering restricting where and how they could be grown. >> perhaps looking at having the growth inside instead of outside. that would take care of some of the major concern that we have. >> other cities have banned outdoor groves but in some cases they are promising to fight that in court. authorities say they have busted a large pot growing operation in alameda. they arrested howard wong of
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oakland and two others. they say they seized more than two million dollars worth of plants. they are accused of running multiple warehouses. >> a fire at a popular restaurant remains under investigation. it started just after 4:30 yesterday morning in the back of the squatting goblet cafe. the flames spread to a nearby wine bar as well as a office. they shut down the westportal light-rail station and ran buses instead. it wasn't under control until after 3:00 p.m. almost ten hours after it started. firefighters say it doesn't appear to be suspicious but the restaurant was destroyed. >> san jose police can't find the killer tied to a homicide. a man was shot early yesterday morning at a business park on rogers avenue and police don't have a suspect or motive and don't think it was gang
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related. they are be log for answer -- looking for answers across the street at a bar . >> music, strippers, violence. broken bottles, nashed windows, just a mess i have to deal with. >> the bar was the only one open at the time of the shooting. police want to talk to possible approximate witnesses. a woman who said she was the manager declined to comment. police say they did make good progress on two gang related killings. last week they arrested eight people for the may 16th death of an 18-year-old, then on monday they arrested two men in the connection of the killing of a 17-year-old. teens with guns and among those arrested in a santa cruz gang sweep. a task force arrested seven people on wednesday including a 14-year-old with a loaded gun. they were from watsonville.
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the officers and deputies cracked down on gang violence. >> police have named a husband and wife as suspects in the killing of a retired teacher. the couple appeared separately in a seattle courtroom yesterday. darnell washington was ordered held on $3 million bail and tonya washington was set at $1.7 million. this he are suspected in a series of -- they are suspected in a series of crime. police say they plan to bring their case late next week. >> the search for missing jessica ridgeway has now become a search for her killer. yesterday police confirmed a body found in a park was jessica. police say the body was dismembered but aren't
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releasing anymore details. >> i want to stress we recognize there is a predator at large in the community. i want the community to know that we are doing everything with in our power to catch that individual. >> police say they have put together a team of law enforcement agencies including local, state and federal officers. an event is being held today to celebrate jessica's life. next week students at james logan will hold a tribute for a teacher who died last week. on tuesday christopher ryan was reported missing. then on wednesday his car was found in a parking lot. then the next day his body was found in that same area. >> he had heart problems. i'm hoping it's that instead of a murder. >> we are still trying to find what happened but i have seen a lot of the teachers and everybody is just shocked. >> the coroner is now leading
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the investigation and working to determine a cause of death. >> happening right now the shuttle is on the move again. it's moving through the streets at a top speed of two miles an hour. they should arrive at its permanent home later today. one of the tricky parts was taking it on an overpass. >> had to transfer from the dolli es over to another one and then the toyota tundra will pull it across. >> the route was picked after ruling out other options including using a helicopter which was determined not feasible. the cost the transport is estimated at ten million dollars. as you can imagine the shuttle is causing a buzz on the streets of la. nasa posted these pictures on flicker. thousands of people lined the
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streets to get pictures of what they consider a once in a lifetime event. >> san francisco giants back in the bay area and getting ready for the national league championship series. we were there when they arrived at at&t park just a few hours ago. a group of fans were there to greet them. the giants didn't get into until about 5:30. >> new opportunity for the young and unemployed. the vice mayor of san jose is hosting a job fair from nine to noon at the westfield oakridge mall. if you are between the ages of 16 and 21 you can go to interview for a position and get information about jobs. the city council works to put on that event every year. >> good morning to you, a notable warm up coming to the bay area. getting you a live look. you can see the patch of low
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clouds. weak waking up with patchy fog. that warm up will bring us from five to ten degrees above yesterday's highs but if you are getting out early hold on because it's a lot colder than where we were. 46 santa rosa, concord 46, 48 livermore. with the mostly clear skies, good overnight cooling you can see. 51 haywood. 52 mountain view with that cold air going into the valley and dropping the temperatures in to the 40s. san jose still 47 degrees. satellite and radar here. this is the system. a weak one that swept across the area. you can see moving to the south, that marine layer, clouds have mixed out and most of us waking up partly cloudy to mostly clear. the warm up is just beginning. for friday upper 60's about where we landed for some of the warmer spots, upper 70's for
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the hotter spots today and warming into the low 80's. for today the numbers right about where they should be and eventually we will warm up to above the seasonal normal and it'll happen fairly quickly. 72nevado, 74 san rafael. in to the east bay 71 oakland. classic car show, nice, 73 in castro valley. 76 for you, 76 concord into the south bay. san jose 73, 74saratoga. upper 70's morgan hill and for the peninsula in the afternoon today palo alto checking in about 72, 71menlo park. 66 in san francisco, 64 degrees daily city, the big pumpkin fest going on. half moon bay with mostly clear skies. low 60's in the forecast for the afternoon going to be a nice day for you. the extended forecast there is the warm up.
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a few degrees warmer for the second half of the weekend and then the heat up continues by tuesday into wednesday. upper 80's low 90's with the off shore breeze expected by midweek wednesday. along the beach may be time to head that way. upper 60's low 70's in the forecast. >> warning from oakland police, how they say? are trying to scam others. >> and new information on the man arrested at lax after checking bags with loaded weapons. >> first a live look outside. there she is. the golden gate bridge on this crystal clear saturday morning over the golden gate strait. time now 8:42. measures... measure up. money to our schools. "misleading." out here. it. but there's hope. straight to our schools... keeps it there. politicians.
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. good morning. live look there. partly cloudy this morning over the bridge. a pleasant day in store for the afternoon. >> at least 15 are dead after a car bomb explosion in pakistan. that attack outside the offices of progovernment tribal elders also hurt 30 people. so far no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing but militants have targeted them before. police say they want to punish
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them for opposing security forces. >> the taliban is claiming responsibility for shooting a 14-year-old girl in the head. on tuesday the girl was shot on her way home from school. the taliban said it was done because the girl promoted western thinking. she is a critic of the taliban and works for schooling of girls. yesterday the prime minister visited her in the hospital. >> we pledge that we will not allow the future of our children to be in danger by militant mind set. >> she made headlines when she was 11 because she wrote about life under the taliban for the bbc. doctors say they are satisfied with her progress. several people have been arrested in connection with the shooting. >> a member of the secret service was arrested for what appears to be a night on the town gone wrong. police in miami say they found the man on the street drunk early yesterday morning and he
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reportedly hit a police officer during his arrest. the incident came after the president wrapped up a campaign appearance in miami. a teacher arrested at lax for checking bags loaded with weapons will remain in jail at least for now. he was flying japan to boston when he was stopped last week. a judge ruled he was a flight risk. he had bags with body bags, smoke grenade, they also found files on his computer detailing how to kidnap and kill people. >> a former oakland and los angeles raider has been ordered to stand trial for four murders. the judge ruled there is sufficient evidence against anthony wayne smith. he is a accused of killing two brothers kidnapped in 1999. then in 2001 he is a accused of kidnapping another man and murdering him. he has been tried for the 2008 death of a mechanic.
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the jury was deadlocked in that case in april. >> a natural gas explosion destroyed a colorado home sending four people and children to the hospital. this is what is left of the house. a woman and four children were inside when it blew up. neighbors reportedly smelling gas shortly before the explosion. one neighbor said she woke up to what felt like a quake. >> it was a big boom. then everything started falling. it was all pink inside the house. >> that pink was insulation from the explosion. the children who were in the home that exploded are four, six, seven and 11. the children and their mother are still in the hospital and are in good condition. >> a judge has made a ruling on how much pg&e customers have to pay for repairs, they should have pay half.
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pg&e wanted them to pay 84%. the pipeline repairs were ordered after the san bruno explosion. >> we have new information about what may have caused a deadly plane crash in lake tahoe. according to the ntsb a bad fuel mixture is blamed. they said the findings are pleiomery. firms say the pilot reported concerns right before leaving the lake tahoe airport. moments later the plane crashed. >> charges filed against a kern county sheriff deputy accused of hitting and killing two pedestrians. he struck and killed a man near bakersfield. the relatives have filed a lawsuit. >> the lance armstrong foundation plans to carry on.
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the foundation said it's live strong brand is about continuing the mission to help cancer victims. this week the anti doping agency claimed armstrong cheated his way to seven titles. >> oakland police say a man going door to door could be casing homes. he wears an orange safety vest and a tag reading oakland public safety. he is asking questions about alarm systems. police say they aren't aware of any city sponsored programs, offering this service. >> we are just weeks from the november 6th election and one of the most debated state measures on the ballot is proposition 32. it aims to bar union is corporations from using payroll deductions or money from worker wages for political contributions. . >> this is about the
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legislators not listening to donors but being forced to listen to voters. >> it may give the appearance of even hand edness but it's actually anything but. >> the center for investigative reporting said in the last ten years business interests spent $700 million on political issues while unions spent 284 million. the office estimates if the measure passes it would cost a until dollars a year to investigate. >> the drink association and other businesses are taking legal action . they filed suit siting infringement of personal freedom. the ban is the first of it's kind in the united states. it outlaws the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces everywhere in the city but at grocery and convenience stores. soda fight is also happening here in richmond.
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a group wants to defeat a soda tax on the november ballot. it would put a one cent per ounce tax on sugary drinks. >> three los angeles police officers are recovering after an accident. what caused their car to go airborne and then land in someone's front yard. >> afternoon highs will rebound. also a cold start. the numbers coming up. [ male announcer ] the career landscape of america is changing. new jobs are here, and by 2025, we could have millions more that demand qualified college graduates.
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. three officers were injuried a police car went airborne and landed on top of a parked car and then into that yard. it happened yesterday afternoon when police responded to a call for back up. some cared didn't yield to the sirens, the driver of the police car tried to avoid crashing into the cars and then lost control. the three officers suffered minor injures. the final part of a $1.4 billion project is now underway. the work will replace doyle drive with a parkway. they are taking apart a steel bridge. this is expected to take about three to four months. >> this location for a short time longer it -- is one of the
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only locations where you can see the past and future side by side. >> they say when the parkway is done in 2015 there will be more lanes for the 100,000 daily drivers on the roadway. they promise construction won't slow the current drive. >> napa getting ready to make a big investment to go green. they have learned they qualify to borrow nearly $3.9 million to put in solar panels. it'll be in bonds tied to the 2009 economic stimulus plan. the county will pay off the bond over the next 15 years. >> bart riders on the pittsburgh bay point line could experience delays. they are doing train control testing as part of the crossover project. the trains are running in road manual and there is single track service. passengers can expect five to
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ten minute delays as testing is expected to finish tonight and service should get back to normal tomorrow. senate treasure island music festival starts today at noon. tickets available. there is a free shuttle for all ticket holders but the location has changed. it's now at the bill graham civic center. >> good. sounds like a good weather. >> giants in town. >> just a good weekend. >> just a good weekend. let's go over to rosemary for a check of the weather on this saturday morning. how is it looking? >> mostly sunny, mild weather. at this hour if you are getting out early maybe the little ones have a soccer game, it's a chilly start in many cases. we have partly cloudy, mostly clear. winds are calm and overnight some of the temperatures really fell. 46 still in santa rosa and
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napa. 46 concord, 49, that's the oakland airport. downtown oakland reporting low 50s. 48 livermore. we will start to see the numbers turn by ten, we will feel better. for the next hour it'll be a cool one in many areas, 74 santa rose a.72 fry moment. a.72freemont, 66 san francisco, the warming trend just getting started. we will be warmer for the second half and then hot in some spots tuesday into wednesday. upper 80's, low 90's thursday looks to be the hottest day. >> job cuts are coming to a major online business. what company is planning to slash jobs and how it could impact you. >> and many california ski resorts gearing up for the upcoming season. how you could have a chance to work on the slopes.
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. good morning, everyone. welcome to mornings o 2. it is saturday, october 13th. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. it is cool outside, but warmer weather is on the way. rosemary is watching it all for us this morning. how are things looking?
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>> good morning to you. we're waking up with a whole lot more sunshine. i'm sure you're noticing that, but your heater may be kicking on this morning. temperatures down, anywhere from 4 to 8 degrees below yesterday's temperatures at this hour. for the afternoon, mostly sunny skies, temperatures will be rebounding to the seasonal norm. we're talking 60s at the coast, 70s inland. i'll break down the details for you, coming up. well, big evacuation is under way in marin county, but it is only a drill. ktvu reporter allie rasmus is live in kent field with more on what authorities are trying to accomplish in the first-of-its-kind drill. >> reporter: this emergency drill is about to get started any moment. right now behind us, you can see there are a number of different firefighters and law enforcement agencies. we have the ross valley fire department, kentfield fire protection district, and marin county here. so are marin county sheriffs deputies. also taking part in this drill are about 200 residents who live in the kent woodlands neighborhood in the hills behind
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us. just about a half hour ago, everyone here wrapped up a briefing that they held. firefighters and sheriffs deputies had their maps out with their plan about what they would do for this evacuation today and residents taking part in this drill were contacted ahead of time and agreed to participate. no one living in the neighborhood will be surprised by this. this is the first time those residents, about 200 of them taking part, will be part of an emergency drill on this scale. the goal is to prepare those residents to evacuate quickly. >> this is to prepare them in case of a disaster. it could be a fire, mudslide, anything that we have to get them out of their homes. we want to do it in an organized fashion. >> reporter: now, this is the kent woodlands neighborhood behind us. you can see there's a lot of trees and vegetation, making the wildfire risk pretty high. we are in the middle of fire season, and complicating things for residents, should there be an emergency, is the fact that there are just two main roads out of this neighborhood for
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about 900 homes. but that's another reason why firefighters want residents to be prepared about how to evacuate and apparently the drill that they are going to be doing, residents taking part in this will pretend as if this is a real wildfire or landslide or disaster. they will be leaving their homes with everything they can carry and listening to the marin county sheriffs deputies that will be directing them down the correct road to evacuate. so it's about to get started any minute now and we'll be following the firefighters up to this neighborhood to see how the drill goes. live in kentfield, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 2news. in overnight news, solano county sheriffs deputies are investigating a pursuit that ended in an officer-involved shooting. sheriffs deputies say after a brief chase, the woman rammed her pickup truck into police cars on fire truck and collinsville roads. officers shot at the woman's vehicle. she was air lifted to walnut creek with nonlife threatening injuries. the sheriff's office has not said how that chase began. several people are in the
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hospital this morning after a series of accidents on northbound 880. it happened near hagen burger road around 5:00 this morning. a man driving a honda fit said he was rear ended and that caused him to hit another car. another crash happened just minutes earlier when the chp says a man fell asleep at the wheel and hit another vehicle. new this morning, a man in hollister is behind bars, after more than a 12-hour standoff with police. at around 3:40 this morning, police were able to convince the suspect to come out of his home on sierra vista drive. he had been barricaded inside since yesterday afternoon. a search warrant has now been issued for police to search his home. police say the suspect is a person of interest in the case of a missing mother. they say a tip about his connection to the woman led them to his house and that's when the standoff began. 25-year-old heather carol was last seen wednesday morning dropping her child off at school. then early thursday morning, police found her car on fire.
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carol's parents say the suspect in the standoff was a friend of their daughter's and was in her wedding. police say carol was not inside the home. a $1000 reward is being offered for information leading to her whereabouts. well, it was a bachelor party one san francisco man is not going to forget. the wine tasting boat that he and his buddies were on nearly sank in the bay last night. 22 people were on board the neptune when it hit a rock near alcatraz and started taking on water. it was all around 9:00. certainly surprised the groom, who is getting married tomorrow. >> 20 minutes we hill a rock and like a big jolt. it was like, everyone thought it was cool and then all of a sudden it wasn't that cool. >> the coastguard guy was, like, i give you a 70% it's going to sink. >> well, the coastguard picked up the passengers, then took them over to pier 39. that boat was towed to sausalito. they are still trying to figure out how it hit those rocks. well, it is the largest disciplinary action ever taken
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by the oakland police department. an internal investigation concluded that 44 officers acted improperly during occupy protests. the department received more than 1100 complaints of misconduct and police now admit that it was one of its officers who fired a bean bag last october, critically injuring iraq war veteran scott olson. >> oakland police have proved time and time again that they are, you know, they are willing to commit violent acts when it's not needed. and that does not make me feel safe in my community. >> when our officers are found to have done something wrong, we will hold them accountable. >> oakland police chief howard jordan says he wants to fire two officers, demote one, send three to counseling and training, suspend 15 officers and reprimand 23 others. meanwhile, the police association is furious, accusing the department of scapegoating officers and blames a lack of
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planning and putting officers in difficult positions during the protests. oakland mayor jean quan says the majority of officers obey the law and protect the city. she calls chief jordan's recommendations fair and balanced. >> because the complaints are wide ranging complaints, from covering up your badge to not having your camera on, to actually hurting somebody. so it's a wide range. >> she says the city plans to have a ruling on all complaints by october 25th, the one-year deadline required by the state. new this morning, the san francisco giants are back in the bay area, getting ready for the national league championship series. [ cheers & applause ] the giants arrived at at&t ball park around 5:30 this morning after flying in from cincinnati. fans stayed up all night or got up early to greet the players and coaches. >> i think they feel good, knowing we're out here. i know they are a little tired
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right now, but, you know, we'll do our little part. >> the team is hot, playing very good. but, you know, being in this situation, we're all pumped up. >> giants open the nlcs against the st. louis cardinals tomorrow. to get for the nlcs, the cardinals stunned the washington nationals with the largest comeback in a winner-take-all game in post season history. the nationals led 6-0 at one point, but the cardinals slowly chipped away at that lead, then scored 4 runs with 2 outs in the 9th inning. it's the giants and cardinals for the penant and to see who goes to the world series. game 1, tomorrow at 5:00 at the ball park in china basin. watch it right here on ktvu channel 2. giant playoff fever is sweeping through the bay area. coming up at 9:20, what's the hottest items giant fans are trying to get their hands on and why stores have having a hard time keeping them on the shelves. the detroit tigers got into
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the series on thursday after beating the oakland a's. tigers will play the new york yankees who defeated the orioles 3-1 yesterday. vallejo, sabathia pitched a complete game. the game starts at 5:00 tonight in new york. good morning to you. a good looking forecast in store for your weekend. if you have outdoor activities, pleasant weather in the forecast for your afternoon. we were off to a chilly start. temperatures now beginning to rebound. 55 degrees in fairfield. 52 in antioch. 52 for concord. widespread 50s around the bay. and santa rosa, now 51 degrees. santa rosa and napa, slipping into the mid-40s. definitely a chillier start than we had seen yesterday morning. it's the system here that actually swept overhead, nixed out the marine layer, bringing us mostly clear skies in the overnight hours. those clear skies helped to really cool things off and so that's what we're seeing at this hour. meanwhile, the system that stayed with us all week long and
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now off to the east, so we're not going to be dealing with that any longer. do you remember that system? last weekend we talked about it here off the coast. it took all week for it finally to slide across california and move off to the east. mostly clear skies outside our door this morning. a few patches of low clouds out there, a few high clouds. those are going to exit. low clouds will dissipate. we'll have mostly sunny skies for your afternoon and temperatures are going to warm 5 to 10 degrees above yesterday's highs, which will bring us right to about where we should be. 74 expected for napa today. 75 in sonoma. 72 for petaluma. 72 in movado. san rafael, doing outdoor playing, 74 expected for you in the afternoon. a nice day in sausalito by the water, 67. the second half, 71 in oakland, 68 in alameda. the car show happening there. 73 in caster valley today. 76 in danville, as well as pleasanton. san jose, 73. 72 in santa clara, 72 for sunnyvale. along the peninsula, a nice mild one for the afternoon.
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palo alto, 72 for today. 72 in mountain view. a run going on, the october run in redwood city this morning, a cool start, but 73 expected for the second half of your day. 66 in san francisco. the extended forecast here, upper 70s for the warmer spots today. by tomorrow, low 80s and take a look at what's happening as we get into next week. upper 80s to low 90s by midweek wednesday. thursday could actually be the hottest day, so some of our inland areas will become quite toasty. meanwhile, along the coast, going to be feeling pretty good. upper 60s, low 70s in the forecast for tuesday and wednesday. i will bring you your lunchtime numbers for your saturday, coming up. headed to the unemployment line. the latest cuts proposed by paypal and how it could impact hundreds of jobs. >> thank you so much! please, have a seat. >> republican vice presidential hopeful paul ryan was in youngstown, ohio this morning. how he's trying to rally his supporters with the election less than a month away. >> first, let's give you a live look outside. that is the approach to the bay
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bridge toll plaza. smooth sailing right there. i'm looking at the chp traffic page right now. no major collisions to talk about on any other bay area roadways, if you're headed out the door right now. time now, 9:11. you're watching mornings on 2. ceivers. blah, blah, blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no, we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. is she for real? your generation has it made. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver. only from at&t u-verse. get a free wireless receiver with a qualifying u-verse plan. rethink possible.
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. paypal has announced it's planning to cut jobs for the first time since 2008. the layoffs are expected to
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impact about 3% of its work force. that's up to 400 jobs. according to reports, most of the cuts are expected in the product development technology and marketing departments. well, uncle sam is taking aim at google. staff members at the federal trade commission are recommending that their bosses file an antitrust lawsuit against the mountain view internet giant. the company is accused of driving up online advertising prices and stifling competition among search engines. federal investigators have been looking into whether google rigged its search results in order to prod websites to pay higher fees. well, google responded with this statement, quote, we are happy to answer any questions that regulators have about our business. in election 2012 news, president obama may have offered up a glimpse into next week's presidential debate. >> just this week, gm announced they plan to hire 1500 workers for a new research center in michigan to help make sure the high tech cars of tomorrow are designed and built right here in america. >> in this morning's weekly
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address, he hailed what he called was the rebound of the american auto industry, as a sign of an improving economy. mr. obama says bailing out domestic automakers helped create nearly a quarter million new jobs. >> the president is in virginia this weekend, prepping for tuesday's debate in new york. republican challenger mitt romney also gearing up for that debate. he's teaming up with some top advisors this morning in ohio. later today, he has two campaign stops in the battle ground state. earlier they showed you his running mate congressman paul ryan speaking in ohio. >> our plan is this. if you want to fix medicare, the best thing we can start with is repeal obama care. >> he said a romney administration would focus on improving medicare and senior retirement programs, as well as create more jobs by lowering taxes for small businesses. police are investigating a
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bullet that hit president obama's campaign office in denver. that bullet shatter add window yesterday afternoon. there were people inside the building at the time, but no one was hit. the broken window was boarded up with plywood there. police say they have a description of a vehicle of interest, but don't know whether the office was targeted or hit by stray bullets. the sheriff of san joaquin county says he was taken back by a report that mixed remains were given to the mother of a murder victim. the bones were recovered from a well in lyndon after a convicted serial killer led police there. now, a box of bones was given to jones-shelly and she was told they tblongd her daughter, but says a lab later confirmed that only some of the bones were her daughter's. one of the other bones is now being tested to see if it belongs to mckayla garrett, who has been missing since 1988. sheriff steve more says he stands by how his office handled that excavation. the coastguard is set to launch an underwater robot tomorrow to try to identify the
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source of an oil sheen in the gulf of mexico. that sheen just recently surfaced near the site of the 2010 oil rig explosion and spill. bp says the oil is likely coming from a pipe that once connected the rig to the well. now, in addition to the underwater robots, the coastguard will also use satellites to observe as well. bp and trans ocean will cover the cost of that operation. all four players punished in the nfl's bounty investigation have filed appeals with the league. they are also asking commissioner roger goodell to remove himself as arbitrator because they don't think that he can be impartial. this comes after the commissioner upheld his initial suspensions of all four players earlier this week. the four players were imreply indicated in what the nfl calls a bounty pool that paid cash bonuses for hits that injured opponents. the nfl says it was run by former new orleans saints defensive coordinator gregg williams. williams is suspended indefinitely. now, lance armstrong foundation plans to carry on, despite the cyclist's recent
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troubles. the organization will celebrate its 15th anniversary next week in texas, and armstrong is expected to participate infest tifts. the foundation says its live strong brand is about continuing the mission to help cancer victims. this week, the u.s. antidoping agency issued a blistering report, claiming armstrong cheated his way to seven tour de france victories. changes are coming to people who live in the south bay. >> it's kind of weird. it's been 408 for as long as i've known it. >> the three new digits people will have to dial in order to make a phone call. >> drier, warmer weather settling into the bay area for your weekend. i'll have what you can expect for your neighborhood, coming up.
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. tropical storm raphael is pounding the eastern caribbean with heavy rain. the next big fear is flooding. the storm is about 135 miles south of st. croix in the u.s. virgin islands. experts predict raphael will get stronger and pass near or over the islands tonight. the tropical storm warning is in
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effect. puerto rico is under a tropical storm watch. it is set to get warmer in the bay area, but at some lake tahoe ski resorts, there is already snow. look at that dusting on the top of heavenly! that is the heavenly ski resort in south lake tahoe, where about an inch was reported on the higher peaks. you can see the wind was blowing up there. tahoe ski resorts have announced they are planning to hire around 15,000 seasonal workers. bear valley is also planning on holding a hiring event at the end of the month. the resort says it laid off 19 people in june after a lack luster winter last year. it was concerned it wouldn't even open this year, but bear valley announced yesterday it plans to hire back those laid off workers and could hire up to 300 more for the new ski season. well, there's a new opportunity this morning for the young and unemployed. the vice mayor of san jose is hosting a job fair from 9:00 till noon at the westfield oak ridge mall. if you're between the ages of 16 and 21, you can interview for a
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position and get information about jobs at local businesses. san jose's city council works to put on that event every year. if you purchased a ticket with american airlines, your flight in the coming weeks could be canceled. the airline says a number of flights through mid-november will be affected. it says it will cut 31 flights per day out of the airline's total 335 flights a day. american airlines says the cancellations will not impact holiday travel plans. american has been dealing with cancellations since it declared bankruptcy last year. best buy is looking to challenge its online competitors this holiday season. the "wall street journal" reporting that the company's planning to match the prices of internet rival, such as amazon.com, and offer free home delivery for items that are out of stock in stores, but available online. the potential moves come as the company tries to downplay worries over shoppers going online to purchase items. well, whether online or in stores, there's a shopping frenzy over any items related to the san francisco giants. playoff fever is sweeping right
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through the bay area, just like it did two years ago. at the team's dugout stores, fans are scooping up everything they can. >> we're looking for giants pants, maybe a cap, giants doggie clothes. >> the fans have been loyal all season long. so this store has been as crowded from the first, second post season game since the beginning of the season. >> restaurants and bars around at&t park are also cashing in. some say they are experiencing a 50% jump in business during those playoff games. so many people have moved to the south bay that the area now needs a new area code. starting next month, most new phone numbers will get a 669 area code. if you have a 408 number, it is going to stay 408. but if you live in the area, you'll have to change the way you dial. starting a week from today, you'll need to add 1 to the 408, to the beginning of each south
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bay phone call. >> it's kind of weird. it's been 408 here for as long as i've known it. so 669, so, i don't know, feels like an out-of-town number. >> if you live in the current fairway area, you'll have to reprogram things like speed dial, fax machines, and you'll want to check your alarms as well to make sure the area code is included. golden state warrior fans have a chance to check out the team for free today. warriors are holding a public practice at oracle from 11:00 to 12:30. coach mark jackson will put the team through drills, and an intrasquad scrimmage. 3-0 in preseason play. home opener, friday, november 2nd. the nba is headed to china. it plans to open a basketball center near beijing, as the miami heat and l.a. clippers played exhibition games in the country. the facility would include nba-style courts, a fitness center, and restaurants. officials say basketball is very popular in china and they have made faster progress in developing a fan base than any
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other american sport. well, lots of outdoor activities today. you've got the treasure island music festival, half moon bay pumpkin festival and-- >> run in redwood city, san jose football. we could go on and on. >> anything else? >> rosemary? >> car show. >> there you go. >> and the weather's looking good for all of it, right? >> yes, very comfortable. if you like sunshine and 70s, many places will hit just that for the afternoon. mostly clear skies over parts of san francisco. giving you a live look at the transamerica building there, you can see just a few patches of fog out there. we started out very chilly in some areas, but now temperatures are beginning to rebound. widespread 50s around the bay area, and into the afternoon, we're looking good. for the noon time, 60s around the bay. 60s along the coast. touching 70 degrees for the inland spots and into the afternoon, 74 santa rosa, 74 san rafael, 71 in berkeley, as well as oakland. 66 in san francisco. inland east bay, widespread mid
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to upper 70s. 76 in livermore. 73 down into the south bay of san jose. 72 in santa cruz, right along the boardwalk. going to be a nice day to hang out there. there's the extended forecast. the warmup, just beginning. low 80s in the forecast by tomorrow and then at some point, some of us will turn hot. upper 80s, low 90s, tuesday, wednesday, holding into thursday. meanwhile, along the coast, good looking weather coming our way. upper 60s, low 70s expected at the beaches tuesday and wednesday. back to you. >> looks good. thanks, rosemary. kindle customers will be getting a refund, a credit for past ebook purchases as a result of legal settlements between major ebook publishers t comes after the attorneys general of most states filed an antitrust lawsuit. the credit will range from 30-cents to around $1.30 for every ebook that you purchased between april 2010 and may of this year. >> i bought a lot, so i might be getting a lot of money back!
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have you heard of the new dialing procedure for the 408 and 669 area codes? no, what is it?
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starting october 20, 2012, if you have a 408 or 669 number, you'll need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. o.k., but what if i have an 408 number and i'm calling a 408 number? you'll still need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out! . >> it was like, everyone thought it was cool, and then all of a sudden it wasn't that cool. a bachelor party at sea. the unexpected twist that no one
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ever expected. good morning and welcome to mornings on 2. it is saturday, october 13th. i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm mike mibach. 9:30 on the clock. here is a look at top stories we're following this morning. it is a bachelor party one san francisco man won't forget. he and his friends were rescued when their wine tasting boat nearly sank in the bay last night. 22 people were on board when the boat hit a rock near alcatraz and started sinking right into the water. police in solano county are investigating a police pursuit that ended in an officer-involved shooting. it began around 1:30 in yee row vista. deputies say after a chase, a woman rammed her truck into a patrol car. deputies opened fire. she's in the hospital recover. an overnight standoff in hollister ended with an arrest. a man barricaded himself inside a home yesterday afternoon. he is a person of interest in the case of a missing mother who disappeared earlier this week. a 45-year-old man is being treated for serious injuries this morning after being shot in
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san francisco overnight. it all happened ativan nest avenue and lumbar about 1:15 a.m. a short time later, three men were arrested in the same area after a short car chase. they are still trying to figure out if the two incidents are related. well, a fire at a popular san francisco restaurant remains under investigation. it began just after 4:30 yesterday morning in the back of a squat and gobble cafe on westport avenue. the restaurant is right across the street from the busy muni tunnel. flames spread to a nearby wine bar and orthodontist office. muni ran buses -- rerouted buses. firefighters say it doesn't appear to be suspicious, but the restaurant was destroyed. students and staff at james logan high school in union city are mourning the loss of a long-time teacher. 54-year-old christopher ryan was reported missing by his sister on tuesday. on wednesday, police found his car in a parking area near
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interstate 280 and 92. the next day, his body was found in that same area. >> he had heart problems. i'm hoping something related to that, instead of, you know, a murder or something like that. >> we're still trying to figure out like, what, exactly what happened, but i've seen a lot of the teachers and everyone is just shocked. >> the coroner's office is now working to determine the cause of death. students say there will be a tribute at james logan high for ryan next week. san jose place are searching for a kill inner a mysterious home sie.d a man was shot early yesterday morning at a business park on rogers avenue. so far, police don't have a suspect or motive and don't think the shooting was gang-related. they are looking for answers across the street at the aloe bar. one nearby business owner told ktvu that barkann attract rowdy crowds. >> music, strippers, violence, broken bottles. it's a mess in the morning that i have to deal with sometimes. >> aloe was the only business in the area open at the time of the
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shooting. police are hoping to speak with potential witnesses who were at the bar. well, police say they did make good progress on two gang-related killings. last week, they arrested eight people for the may 16th death of 18-year-old ricky hockus. on monday, police arrested two men in connection with the june 12th killing of 17-year-old lionel garcia. people living in garfield and pittsburg are complaining about legal medical marijuana grows. california law protects some backyard pot operations, but some folks say their grows turn that neighborhood into a magnet for crime. city leaders in concord are considering an ordinance that would restrict how and where plants can be grown. other cities have banned outdoor marijuana grows, but in some cases, medical marijuana advocates are promising to fight them in court. authorities say they have busted a large pot growing operation in alameda county. officers arrested 47-year-old howard wong of oakland,
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39-year-old shukin cai of san francisco, and 42-year-old lang of alameda. investigators seized plants with a street value of more than $2 million. the suspects are accused of running warehouses in san leandro, hayward, and oakland. hercules police have named a husband and wife arrested in washington state aspects in the killing of a retired teacher, susie coe. the couple appeared yesterday in a san francisco yesterday. the judge ordered them to be held on $3.8 million bail and $1.7 million. the couple is suspected in a series of crimes beginning with a jail break, including a string of car jackings from southern california to washington. hercules police say they plan to bring their case to contra costa prosecutors late next week. new this morning, a fund-raiser is being held tomorrow for a woman who almost died when a pickup hit her in walnut creek. the woman has moved to a rehab facility from a hospital where
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she had been since the september 8th crash. she's learning to walk again and said she's making great progress. tomorrow's fund-raiser is at 7:00 p.m. at the office lounge in concord. well, two uc berkeley law students are facing charges for allegedly beheading an exotic bird. 24-year-old eric quellar and justin texiera were arrested at the flamingo hotel in las vegas early yesterday morning. police say they were caught on surveillance camera chasing a helmeted guinea fowl into the trees. witnesses say they saw the man walk out of the trees carrying the body and severed head of the bird. the helmeted guinea fowl is an exotic bird and was part of a wildlife exhibit there at the hotel. the two face charges of conspiracy and torture or killing of wildlife. happening now, the shuttle endeavour is on the move again, and we want to give you a live picture from los angeles. well, doesn't look like it's quite moving, but keep in mind,
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this is a very slow journey. apparently it's getting ready to start its whopping 2 mile-an-hour trek. there was an hour delay because crews needed time to prepare to cross over a major interstate overpass. now, the shuttle is, again, moving through the streets of los angeles. there's video of it as it made its way past big, big crowds. endeavour is scheduled to arrive at its permanent home, the california science center, later today. but one of the trickiest parts of the journey was overnight when crews had to take endeavour on an overpass above the 405. >> actually have to transfer from the dollies that will move it through the streets over to another dolly, then the toyota tundra will pull the shuttle across the 405. >> now, that route was selected after ruling out other options. they even talked about using a helicopter, but decided that's not feasible. that's one big, heavy shuttle. the cost of the transport is estimated at $10 million. now, as you can imagine, the
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shuttle is causing quite a buzz on the streets of los angeles and on twitter. nasa posted these pictures on the photo sharing website as well, on flicker. thousands of people lined the streets to snap pictures of what they consider a once-in-a-lifetime event. . good morning to you. we have nice weather on the way for your weekend. giving you a look here, up close and personal with the skyline of san jose, mostly clear skies, patchy low cloud and fog out there this morning. a few high clouds still passing overhead. outside of that, mostly clear, blue skies, something we haven't seen in quite a few days. giving you a look at the satellite radar here explains a lot. so that system that brought us a little bit of rain, now pushing off to the east. there it is there. the next system here, this is the second element i want to talk about, because this actually swept across the area in the overnight hours, mixing out that low cloud deck and really bringing us some nice clear skies in most cases. this is going to pass through. and behind it, ridge of high
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pressure is building in. so dry, warmer weather in store for your weekend. we'll start with today, numbers up anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees over yesterday's highs. mid to upper 60s, pretty much all we received in the afternoon yesterday. today, mid to upper 70s for the warmer spots. then low 80s expected for sunday. so sunday will be the warmer of the two days here. 52 degrees in oakland right now. 54 in napa. 54 san francisco. 50 redwood city. 57 in mountain view with the sunshine overhead. temperatures beginning to rebound pretty good. we had slipped into the 40s earlier this morning. it was a chilly start. you may have been out, may have noticed anywhere from 4 to 8 degrees cooler than where we started yesterday morning. clear skies overhead in the overnight, we get good amount of cooling in the overnight hours. again, slipping back into the 40s for some of our valley locations. 72 expected this afternoon for petaluma. 72 movado. 67 in sausalito. these numbers, right where they should be. we are looking at temperatures in the low 70s for oakland, san
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leandro, 68 i alameda. mid to upper 70s danville, livermore. 77 for antioch. south bay, shaping up nicely. 73 in san jose. 74 los gatos. 72 for sunnyvale. for the peninsula into the afternoon, palo alto, 72. 72 in mountain view. 70 degrees for san mateo. 66 expected in san francisco. going to half moon bay for the art and pumpkin fest, mostly sunny skies this morning, low 60s with mostly sunny skies expected for the afternoon. there is the extended forecast. the warming trend beginning today. tomorrow, slightly warmer, a bigger, more significant warmup expected by wednesday. upper 80s, low 90s in the forecast for the inland spots. looks like the heat sticks around through thursday. meanwhile, along the coast, nice weather in the forecast. upper 60s, low 70s for tuesday into wednesday. if you're going to be out and about for today, i will line up your lunchtime numbers for you, coming up. bart riders on the pittsburg bay point line could experience delays. bart is doing train control testing as part of the contra
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costa crossover project. the trains are running in road manual and there is single-track service between lafayette and pleasant hill. passengers can expect 5 to 10-minute delays. service should be normal tomorrow. a san francisco judge has made a tentative ruling on how much pg&e customers have to pay for gas pipeline repairs. the judge says rate payers should pick up about half of the $2.2 billion cost to improve the gas lines. pg&e wanted customers to pay 84%. the pipeline repairs were ordered after the deadly san bruno explosion. napa county is getting the ready to make a big investment to go green at some of their county facilities. the county has just learned it qualifies to borrow nearly $3.9 million to install solar panels at seven county facilities. the amount will be issued in bonds through a federal program tied to the 2009 economic stimulus plan. the county plans to pay off that bond over the next 15 years through savings in its electric
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bills and by selling electricity to pg&e. the nhl lockout is approaching its fifth week and both sides say they are frustrated. negotiators for the league and the players union are back in contact with the top officials on both sides have not spoken since wednesday. there was no meeting yesterday and there are no plans for any more bargaining in the near future. so the stalemate continues. >> go blue! we saw plenty of san jose shark fans in the stands, as the san francisco bulls play their first official hockey game last night. bulls are the bay area's newest hockey team. the minor league squad faced off against baker field at the cow palace. it was a close game, but the bulls lost the opener 4-3. well, after a dream season, the oakland a's aren't planning too many changes. the a's big run created big time fan interest, sold out its playoff games and were one win away from the american league championship series. general manager billy bean says he hopes to keep the team
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intact. potential free agents he wants to keep, balfour and johnny gomes. time now, 9:42. a colorado community mourning the loss this morning of a little girl. how they plan to honor her life tonight and the unanswered questions police now face in that investigation. >> also, an evacuation is under way in marin county, but it's only a drill. we'll tell you why officials are telling people to get out of their homes. >> but first, let's take you outside. there's a live look at the san mateo bridge. the sun is out this morning. it is shaping up to be a very nice day. we're keeping an eye on the roads across the bay area, not seeing any major problems, but we'll check it out for you and make sure to let you know if anything changes. it's 9:43. this is mornings on 2. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy.
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. good morning to you. a live look there, beautiful shot there of the city of san francisco. warmer temperatures expected across the area today. sunshine, as high pressure builds in. your time now, 9:45. let's recap top stories this morning. an overnight standoff in hollister has ended with an arrest. a man barricaded himself inside a home yesterday afternoon. he's a person of interest in the case of a missing mother who disappeared earlier this week. now, it's the largest disciplinary action ever taken by the oakland police department, an internal investigation concluded that 44 officers acted improperly during occupy protests. the department received more than 1100 complaints of misconduct. and the san francisco giants are back in the bay area and getting ready for the national league championship series. the giants arrived at at&t park early this morning, after flying in from cincinnati. a small group of fans were there
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to greet the team bus as it pulled in. . happening right now, a big evacuation drill is under way in marin county. ktvu's allie rasmus, live in kentfield with more on the emergency that officials are trying to accomplish. allie? >> reporter: well, that emergency drill actually just wrapped up. and we're in the college of marin parking lot, where some of the residents who took part. the emergency drill was pretty brief. these are the residents who took part in it. marin county firefighters, kentfield, ross valley firefighters, they were expecting about 200 residents in the kent woodlands neighborhood to take part in this, but on a saturday morning, it can be difficult to get people out of bed. they had about 50 residents taking part. now, the kent woodlands neighborhood has 900 homes, but only two main roads to get in and out, so that's why firefighters wanted everyone to practice how to do this, which
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road to take to evacuate, which road to leave free for emergency vehicles. but now you can see the drill is wrapped up. you have a lot of residents here interacting with law enforcement officers, talking about how things went, and off to our left, you can see some marin county sheriffs deputies also out here talking to some of the residents as well. this emergency drill wrapped up. it was the first time residents took part in a wildfire drill like this here in this area of marin county. according to the fire chief in charge, everything went well. live in kentfield, ktvu channel 2news. today, people in colorado are holding an event to celebrate the life of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. yesterday, police confirmed that a body found in a park near denver was the young girl's. this comes one week after the fifth grader vanished after leaving her home to walk to school. police say the body was dismembered, but are not releasing any more details. they say the focus has now changed to a mission of justice
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for jessica. >> i want to stress that we recognize that there is a predator at large in our community. i want the community to know that we are doing everything in our power to apprehend that individual. >> police have assembled a team of law enforcement agencies that includes local, state, and federal officers to catch the suspect. they say jessica was most likely abducted by someone in the community and that everyone should be on alert. the leader of al-qaeda is calling for a holy war against the u.s. and israel. he praised the muslims who stormed the consulate in benghazi last month, including four americans, including ambassador stevens. he is urging muslims to strike back because of the antiislam film. new information this morning about what may have caused a deadly plane crash in lake tahoe
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two months ago. according to the ntsb, a bad fuel mixture is being blamed as a contributing factor in the crash. the ntsb says their findings are preliminary. physician say the pilot reported concerns about the fuel mixture just before leaving the lake tahoe airport in late august. moments later, the plane crashed, killing all five people on board. felony charges have been filed against a current county sheriffs deputy accused of hitting and killing two pedestrians. the chp says deputy john swogaren was going 880 miles an hour with no flashing lights or sigh reasons near bakersfield last december. he struck and killed a woman pushing a motorcycle. a judge will decide whether a north bay teenager will stand trial for attempted car theft. he is now 18, but was 17 when he was charged with seven felonies. he's accused of attempted murder and a drive-by shooting on a motorcycle. wade also allegedly stole celebrity chef guy fieri's
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lambourghini. the judge has to decide whether there's enough received for trial. a former los angeles raider has been ordered to stand trial for four murders. a judge has ruled there's sufficient evidence against anthony wayne smith. smith is accused of killing two brothers who were kidnapped from a los angeles car wash in 1999. then in 2001, he's accused of kidnapping another man in los angeles and stabbing him to death. smith has already been tried for the 2008 death of a mechanic found beaten and shot along a california desert highway. the jury was deadlocked in that case in april. the four murder charges will now be combined into a single trial. a knock on the door could lead to a serious crime. the warning police are sending to oakland residents and how you can stay safe. . >> outside the doors this morning, the warmup is under way. i'll have a look at what you can expect for your weekend, coming up.
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. oakland police warning residents about a man going door to door and asking about alarm
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systems. police say the man wears an orange safety vest and a tag reading oakland public safety. he is asking questions about alarm systems, including how up to date they are and whether it's monitored. police say they are not aware of any city-sponsored program offering that service. they say it is probably thieves, casing homes for burglaries. well, we are less than a month away from the november 6 election, and one of the most debated state measures on the ballot is proposition 32. it aims to bar unions and corporations from using payroll deductions or money from workers' wages for political contributions. ads from both sides have been flooding the air waves. >> this is about our legislators not listening to donors, but being forced once again to listening to voters. >> it may give the appearance of even-handedness of fairness, but it's actually anything but. >> the nonpartisan center for investigative reporting says in the last 10 years, business interests spent $700 million on
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political issues, while unions spent $284 million. the legislative analyst office estimates if the measure passes, it would cost $1 million a year for state authorities to investigate and enforce. new york city is trying to restrict the sale of supersized sugary drinks and several businesses are now fighting back. now, this sugary drink ban would be the first of it's kind in the united states. it would outlaw the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces everywhere in the city, except for in grocery and convenience stores. yesterday, the american beverage association and other businesses filed a lawsuit, saying the ban is an infringement of personal freedom. now, in richmond, a group backed by the beverage industry is working to defeat a soda tax appearing on the november 6th ballot. that measure would place a 1-cent per ounce tax on sugary drinks. money raise wood go to pay for obesity education and community programs. the final phase of a project to replace doyle drive with the
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new presidio parkway is officially under way. the $1.4 billion project is meant to make the stretch of roadway seismically sound. crews are now beginning the process of taking apart a steel bridge, which will start with the deck and then work its way down. this is expected to take about three to four months. >> this location for a short time longer is one of the only locations where you can see the past and the future doyle drive side by side. >> project officials say when the new presidio parkway is completed in 2015, there will be more lanes for the 100,000 daily commuters on this roadway. the treasure island music festival starts today at noon and tickets are still available. there's also a free shuttle for all ticket holders, but the shuttle and bus pickup and drop-off location in san francisco has changed. it was supposed to be at at&t park, but the giants are back in town, so it's been moved over to the bill graham pacific auditorium. the music festival runs through tomorrow. and it is all about pumpkins
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on the peninsula this weekend. the 42nd annual half moon bay art and pumpkin festival got under way at 9:00 this morning. you can see the winner of this year's pumpkin weigh-off, a 1775-pound gourd. steve young is the grand marshall. rosemary, one last check of the forecast? >> good morning to you. notable changes already apparent. mostly clear skies in most cases, widespread 50s still at this hour. a bit cool if you're getting outdoors any time soon. in the next hour or so, looking pretty good. by noon time, widespread 60s at the coast. afternoon highs 5,to 10 degrees above yesterday's highs, under mostly sunny skies. 60s at the coast, mid-60s, low 70s. 76 san francisco. 72 mountain view, down into san jose, 73. to the north barks 74 in san
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rafael, 74 santa rosa. 76 expected in livermore. 76 fairfield. 77 for antioch. extended forecast, summer not finished with us just yet. take a look at this warmup! low 80s expected in the forecast for tomorrow. mid to upper 80s for the start of the week. then upper 80s to low 90s by wednesday. thursday looks to be the hottest day, low 90s in the forecast for inland areas. meanwhile, along the coast, going to feel pretty good. >> thanks, rosemary. >> looks great. that's our report for this morning. thanks for trusting ktvu channel 2news. >> be sure to join us for our next newscast following college football. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. enjoy your day, everyone. we leave you with this shot of space shuttle endeavour on its final journey.
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